He must think first how to ruin the edifices of Raffaelle, the Aurora of Guido, the temple of Fortuna Virilis, and, only yesterday, the most beautiful fresco of Poussin, in the palace Costaguli, now irreparably lost, because it has never been copied or engraved.
Garibaldi sarcastically points out the destruction of invaluable Roman artistic and architectural heritage by a general claiming to protect the city.
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I then ran to the Italian Legionaries; and, in order to destroy, or at least to mitigate the impression which might be produced on them by the appearance of so formidable an enemy, said: "We will fight!
Rome, which I had before admired and thought of frequently, I ever since have loved.
In cases of difficulty or danger, I have never, in all my life, been disheartened.
The future Rome, rising to regenerate the nation, has now long been a dominant idea in my mind, and inspired me with hope and energy.
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